Advanced Materials Processing and Characterization Technology

Dr. Natraj Yedla is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha. He obtained his Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His major areas of research interests include deformation behavior and Fracture: experimental and molecular dynamics deformation studies of metals and metallic glasses. He has published 34 papers in respected international journals.

Dr. Parashu Ram Kharel is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at South Dakota State University, Brookings. He obtained his Ph.D. (Physics) from Wayne State University, Detroit. His major areas of research interests include investigation of novel magnetic materials in the form of bulk ingots, single-crystalline films and nanostructured particles for permanent magnets, magnetic refrigeration, spintronic devices and biomedical applications. He has published 76 papers in respected international journals.

Dr. Rama Krushna Sabat is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. He obtained his Ph.D. (Materials Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His major areas of research interests include crystal plasticity-based FEM modelling, failure modelling based on nano-void theory. He has published 28 papers in respected international journals.

Dr. Vijay Raj Singh is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at Central University of South Bihar, India. He obtained his Ph.D. (Physics) from the University of Tokyo, Japan. His major areas of research interests include understanding magnetic and electronic properties correlation in functional materials - magnetic oxide materials, half metals, semiconducting materials and multiferroics. He has published 51 papers in respected international journals.